Note that you’ll need to have an active Nintendo Switch Online subscription in order to be eligible. Furthermore, you must have a paid membership and a Nintendo Account.

You can use My Nintendo Gold Points to purchase a Nintendo Switch Online membership

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The Nintendo Switch Online service starts this week. As it turns out, you can actually pay the initial fee using My Nintedo Gold Points, as an FAQ on Nintendo’s website reveals:

Can I use My Nintendo Gold Points to purchase the Nintendo Switch Online membership?

Gold Points can be used when purchasing a membership in the Nintendo eShop. They cannot be used for auto-renewal.

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Nintendo Switch Online – NES games have suspend points, show cursor on your friend’s screen during online play

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More and more details about the NES games included with Nintendo Switch Online are coming to light. The latest batch of information comes straight from the official site.

On the Nintendo Switch Online page for NES games, a couple of clips are shown. One of these confirms that suspend points will be included.

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Nintendo says Nintendo Switch Online NES games run in “HD resolution” and have filters

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Nintendo is sending out emails to its customers about Nintendo Switch Online. Some additional interesting information has come to light about the NES games.

First, these titles are said to run in “HD resolution”. The same email also states that filters will be available, though no further details are provided.

Nintendo Switch Online launches September 18 in North America and September 19 in the rest of the world.

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Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online file size

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Switch owners will be able to begin playing NES games on Switch when Nintendo Switch Online officially kicks off next week. How will that be done? Well, you’ll simply need to download the new Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online app.

Perhaps it’s not much of a surprise, but Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Switch Online will be a very small download. Nintendo UK’s website lists it at just 58.72 MB.

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Nintendo Switch Online FAQ – cloud saves expire when subscription ends

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Nintendo UK has posted a new FAQ for Nintendo Switch Online that contains quite a bit of interesting information.

When your subscription to the service ends, cloud saves expire. Nintendo says explicitly: “Save data stored with Save Data Cloud cannot be kept outside of the duration of your Nintendo Switch Online membership.” On the other hand, NES save data can be maintained if you keep local save data.

Here’s the full FAQ:

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Nintendo Switch Online app update out now (version 1.4.1)

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Nintendo has started to roll out a new update for the Nintendo Switch Online app. Version 1.4.1 is live on Android, and should be up soon on iOS.

The main highlight for today’s update is the addition of more supported software for voice chat. We have the full patch notes below.

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Nintendo reveals October, November, and December 2018 NES games for Nintendo Switch Online

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Nintendo Switch Online will kick off next week with twenty NES games. But Nintendo isn’t stopping there, with new games being added regularly.

Nintendo has actually already revealed what’s in store for October, November, and December. Some of these include “special versions”.

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Nintendo Switch Online – full listing of NES launch titles

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When Nintendo Switch Online launches next week, subscribers will have access to twenty different games. Nintendo has now confirmed the full lineup.

The listing is as follows:

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Nintendo to sell NES controllers for Switch

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Nintendo has announced that it will be offering NES controller that are compatible with Switch. They’re primarily intended for the NES titles for Nintendo Switch Online.

These wireless controllers launch this month. Pricing is set at $59.99.